Tuesday, April 29
For those of you willing to tear yourselves away from playing Grand Theft Auto IV long enough to check out a flick, a crop of new DVD releases await. Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman star in the Oscar-winning (for visual effects) fantasy adventure The Golden Compass; Knocked Up's Katherine Heigl plays a perpetual bridesmaid in the romantic comedy 27 Dresses; and the Japanese assault on the Chinese city of Nanking is examined in the documentary Nanking.
Our pick for the week is The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Julian Schnabel's award-winning true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a French magazine editor forced to communicate by blinking his left eyelid after a debilitating stroke leaves him paralyzed.
Posted 4/29/2008 by reelz
Related: 27 Dresses | The Golden Compass | Nanking | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Monday, January 21
Monster movie Cloverfield delivered on all the hype and then some over the weekend, raking in a phenomenal $41 million and trouncing all box office challengers. Second place finisher 27 Dresses grossed an impressive $22.4 million -- a figure possibly inflated moviegoers buying tix for the Katherine Heigl rom-com and then sneaking into sold-out Cloverfield screenings.
Third place The Bucket List grossed a healthy $15.2 million in its second week of wide release, while Juno grabbed fourth place with a $10.3 million take. Rounding out the top five with an $8.1 million tally was National Treasure: Book of Secrets.
Source: boxofficemojo.com
Posted 1/21/2008 by reelz
Related: 27 Dresses | The Bucket List | Cloverfield
Friday, January 18
The wait is finally over. After an unprecedented viral hype campaign, the J.J. Abrams-produced monster movie Cloverfield invades the Cineplex this weekend. Other major releases include the Katherine Heigl rom-com 27 Dresses and the ensemble heist comedy Mad Money.
A rundown of our reviews of this weekend's new releases:
Cloverfield 
"This is the movie Godzilla should have been, a true cinematic ride, delivering everything audiences could possibly want from a monster movie" [Full Cloverfield Review]
27 Dresses 
"Terribly, terribly sloppy...an insult to the romantic comedy." [Full 27 Dresses Review]
Teeth 
"Surprisingly great...the story is well-designed, the main actors are terrific, and damnit, it's really funny." [Full Teeth Review]
Also opening: Cassandra's Dream, Blonde and Blonder, Day Zero, Taxi to the Dark Side.
Posted 1/18/2008 by reelz
Related: 27 Dresses | Teeth | Cloverfield